Professor and Director of the Masonry Research Program
Drexel University, Philadelphia
UWO Masonry Workshop London, Ontario March 14, 2016
Content Session 1 : 9:00 – 10:15 Introduction to Contemporary Concrete Masonry and Building Design
Session 2 : 10:30 – 11:45
Masonry Materials and Assemblages
Session 3 : 1:00 – 2:15
Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams and Masonry Walls under Out- of-Plane Bending and Axial Loads
Session 4 : 2:30 – 3:45
Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Shear walls Session 3
Beams and Flexural Walls
Masonry Beams and Lintels Flexural Behavior Shear Behavior Design Philosophy n Promote ductile flexural behavior by using proper amount of steel ratio ( 0.5 the balanced ratio) n Suppress brittle shear mode of behavior by using stirrups. Flexural Design n Steel area
n Moment Capacity Shear Design n Vu= Φ ( Vm + Vs) where Φ = 0.8 Vm= (0.32 sq root of f’m) (bd) Vs = d ( Av fy)/s Use 10 mm single leg.. Av= 130 mm2 Load Distribution on Lintels Load Distribution on Lintels Example: Load Distribution Design of Masonry Walls Under Axial Load and Out-of-Plane Bending Interaction of Axial Load and Flexure Design for Axial Load n Compression control P A
of axial load to increase moment Ignore tensile strength
capacity up to 0.5 Po
Consider tensile strength
P=0.25 Po Moment Reinforced Flexural Walls n Ductile flexural behavior for reinforcing steel ratio less than 0.3%
Load-Deflection Curves for RM walls Spanning Vertically n The higher the percentage of steel the higher the capacity and the lower the level of displacement ductility n Grouting increases cracking moment and wall stiffness but does not appreciably affect wall strength and ductility
Cyclic Response Moment Capacity P-M Interaction Curves Effect of Slenderness n Reducing axial load … Effect of Slenderness n Increasing Moment Horizontally Spanning Walls Response : Load-Deflection Curve Cyclic Response : Hysteresis Loops Questions
